Alving was born in Uppsala, as the youngest daughter of the author and columnist Fanny Alving and Hjalmar Alving, who was a lecturer in Scandinavian languages and Nordic literature.[2][3][4] At the age of eleven she moved with her family to Stockholm, where Hjalmar Alving had been appointed headmaster at Whitlockska samskolan. Alving was enrolled at Whitlockska, and graduated in 1928.
Alving never married, but she had a daughter, Maud Fanny Alving, with illustrator and artist Birger Lundquist in 1938. Maud, better known as Ruffa Alving-Olin, was also a journalist, who collected and published letters, notes and other materials after Barbro Alving's death.[1] Alving formed a household with Anna Laura Sjöcrona when her daughter was one year old, and the three constituted "a different kind of family", in Ruffa's words. Alving and Sjöcrona lived together for over 40 years, until Alving's death.
Alving became a pacifist, and converted to Catholicism in 1959. She supported the campaign in the 1950s to prevent Sweden from acquiring nuclear weapons. Because of her convictions, she left Dagens Nyheter, whose editor-in-chief was in favour of a Swedish nuclear defence, and started working at the weekly magazine Vecko-Journalen.[6] She was called to do civil defence duty, but refused to participate and was jailed at Långholmen Prison in Stockholm for one month. She wrote of her period in prison in her book Dagbok från Långholmen (Diary of Långholmen) (1956).
Alving was inspired as a journalist, feminist and pacifist by Elin Wägner. She collected biographical material after Wägner's death in 1949, which later became a biography written by Ulla Isaksson and Erik Hjalmar Linder.
She published a number of books, including an annual volume of collected newspaper columns under the pseudonym "Käringen mot strömmen" ("old woman against the current", alluding to a 12th-century Swedish proverb); these were published from 1946 to 1973. She also wrote several screenplays, and was awarded the Nios Grand Prize in 1975. The feminist magazine Bang is named after her.
Gallery
Barbro Alving, 1939.
Barbro Alving, 1939.
References
^ abHolmgren, Susi (2008-05-26). "Bang 1909-1987" (in Swedish). Stockholm Public Library. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
^ abWopenka, Johan. (in Swedish). Swedish Crime Writers' Academy. Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
^. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
^”Så nu är man Sveriges styvaste journalist, piddelipej”, retrospective article in Dagens Nyheter 27 March 2014, retrieved 19 May 2014 (in Swedish)
^Arnborg, Beata (2010). Krig, kvinnor och gud. En biografi om Barbro Alving (in Swedish). Stockholm: Atlantis. pp. 316–322. ISBN978-91-7353-463-5.
Further information
Stenborg, Elisabeth (Spring 2001). "Som det verkligen var - Barbro Alving (Bang) i dagböcker och brev". HumaNetten (in Swedish). School of Humanities, Linnaeus University (8). doi:10.15626/hn.20010804. ISSN 1403-2279. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
"", 2008 film about Barbro Alving as a war correspondent by Maj Wechselmann. In Swedish. Shown on Sveriges Television program K Special on 30 December 2008 and 4 January 2009.
barbro, alving, january, 1909, january, 1987, swedish, journalist, writer, pacifist, feminist, often, using, pseudonym, bang, wrote, among, others, swedish, newspaper, dagens, nyheter, magazines, idun, vecko, journalen, reported, from, various, scenes, during,. Barbro Alving 12 January 1909 22 January 1987 was a Swedish journalist and writer a pacifist and feminist often using the pseudonym Bang She wrote for among others the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter and the magazines Idun and Vecko Journalen She reported from various scenes during the Spanish Civil War World War II and the Cold War 1 2 Barbro AlvingAlving in 1951Born 1909 01 12 12 January 1909Uppsala SwedenDied22 January 1987 1987 01 22 aged 78 Stockholm SwedenPen nameBangOccupationJournalist and writerGenreScreenplay and biographyChildrenRuffa Alving Olin Contents 1 Biography 2 Career 3 Gallery 4 References 5 Further information 6 Further reading 7 External linksBiography EditAlving was born in Uppsala as the youngest daughter of the author and columnist Fanny Alving and Hjalmar Alving who was a lecturer in Scandinavian languages and Nordic literature 2 3 4 At the age of eleven she moved with her family to Stockholm where Hjalmar Alving had been appointed headmaster at Whitlockska samskolan Alving was enrolled at Whitlockska and graduated in 1928 Alving never married but she had a daughter Maud Fanny Alving with illustrator and artist Birger Lundquist in 1938 Maud better known as Ruffa Alving Olin was also a journalist who collected and published letters notes and other materials after Barbro Alving s death 1 Alving formed a household with Anna Laura Sjocrona when her daughter was one year old and the three constituted a different kind of family in Ruffa s words Alving and Sjocrona lived together for over 40 years until Alving s death Career EditAlving was an editorial secretary at the weekly magazine Idun from 1928 to 1931 and then a journalist at Dagens Nyheter from 1934 to 1959 At the age of 27 she reported from the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin and the Spanish Civil War 5 Dagens Nyheter also sent her as a reporter to write about the Finnish Winter War in 1939 40 the German occupation of Norway in 1940 and the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 As a foreign correspondent she reported from the United States Vietnam Africa and the Far East over a number of years Alving became a pacifist and converted to Catholicism in 1959 She supported the campaign in the 1950s to prevent Sweden from acquiring nuclear weapons Because of her convictions she left Dagens Nyheter whose editor in chief was in favour of a Swedish nuclear defence and started working at the weekly magazine Vecko Journalen 6 She was called to do civil defence duty but refused to participate and was jailed at Langholmen Prison in Stockholm for one month She wrote of her period in prison in her book Dagbok fran Langholmen Diary of Langholmen 1956 Alving was inspired as a journalist feminist and pacifist by Elin Wagner She collected biographical material after Wagner s death in 1949 which later became a biography written by Ulla Isaksson and Erik Hjalmar Linder She published a number of books including an annual volume of collected newspaper columns under the pseudonym Karingen mot strommen old woman against the current alluding to a 12th century Swedish proverb these were published from 1946 to 1973 She also wrote several screenplays and was awarded the Nios Grand Prize in 1975 The feminist magazine Bang is named after her Gallery Edit Barbro Alving 1939 Barbro Alving 1939 References Edit a b Holmgren Susi 2008 05 26 Bang 1909 1987 in Swedish Stockholm Public Library Retrieved 2008 12 30 a b Wopenka Johan Barbro Alving 1909 1987 In memoriam in Swedish Swedish Crime Writers Academy Archived from the original on 2012 03 30 Retrieved 2008 12 30 Arnborg Beata Barbro Alving Bang www skbl se Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon Retrieved 2019 05 06 Untitled Document Archived from the original on 2012 03 01 Retrieved 2015 03 07 Sa nu ar man Sveriges styvaste journalist piddelipej retrospective article in Dagens Nyheter 27 March 2014 retrieved 19 May 2014 in Swedish Arnborg Beata 2010 Krig kvinnor och gud En biografi om Barbro Alving in Swedish Stockholm Atlantis pp 316 322 ISBN 978 91 7353 463 5 Further information EditStenborg Elisabeth Spring 2001 Som det verkligen var Barbro Alving Bang i dagbocker och brev HumaNetten in Swedish School of Humanities Linnaeus University 8 doi 10 15626 hn 20010804 ISSN 1403 2279 Retrieved 2016 10 27 Bang och varldshistorien 2008 film about Barbro Alving as a war correspondent by Maj Wechselmann In Swedish Shown on Sveriges Television program K Special on 30 December 2008 and 4 January 2009 Further reading EditBarbro Alving Bang at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikonExternal links EditBarbro Alving Society Stockholm Public Library Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Barbro Alving amp oldid 1136371654, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
